Diversity and distribution of coccidia of wild birds in an Atlantic forest fragment area in southeastern Brazil

Abstract Coccidia are protozoan parasites that are frequently observed in fecal samples from wild birds, and they are extremely important for biodiversity, host specificity and conservation. The aim of the present study was to identify and quantify the coccidian species from wild birds caught in a fragmented area of Atlantic Forest in the municipality of Guapimirim in the state of Rio de Janeiro, which is located around the Serra dos Órgãos National Park. A total of 101 birds were caught and identified. The highest prevalence and density were observed in the family Columbidae (Columbiformes). Among the families of Passeriformes, the highest prevalences and densities were of birds in the families Thraupidae and Turdidae. The majority of the positive samples and those with higher densities were collected in the afternoons. Eleven coccidian species of Isospora and Eimeria were identified. Seven of these species that were morphologically identified are undescribed in the scientific literature and are believed to be new species. The present study highlights the wide distribution and dispersion of coccidia of wild birds in southeastern Brazil, and records the municipality of Guapimirim, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, as a new locality for parasitism, along with the new hosts recorded.

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Tree structure and richness in an Atlantic Forest fragment: distance from anthropogenic and natural edges

Revista Árvore ◽

10.1590/s0100-67622009000600014 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 33 (6) ◽

pp. 1123-1132 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Maíra Taquiguthi Ribeiro ◽

Flavio Nunes Ramos ◽

Flavio Antonio Maës Dos Santos

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Basal Area ◽

The State ◽

Forest Fragment ◽

Dead Trees ◽

Tree Communities ◽

Standing Dead ◽

Total Study Area ◽

Tree Branch

Approximately 7.2% of the Atlantic rainforest remains in Brazil, with only 16% of this forest remaining in the State of Rio de Janeiro, all of it distributed in fragments. This forest fragmentation can produce biotic and abiotic differences between edges and the fragment interior. In this study, we compared the structure and richness of tree communities in three habitats - an anthropogenic edge (AE), a natural edge (NE) and the fragment interior (FI) - of a fragment of Atlantic forest in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (22°50'S and 42°28'W). One thousand and seventy-six trees with a diameter at breast height > 4.8 cm, belonging to 132 morphospecies and 39 families, were sampled in a total study area of 0.75 ha. NE had the greatest basal area and the trees in this habitat had the greatest diameter:height allometric coefficient, whereas AE had a lower richness and greater variation in the height of the first tree branch. Tree density, diameter, height and the proportion of standing dead trees did not differ among the habitats. There was marked heterogeneity among replicates within each habitat. These results indicate that the forest interior and the fragment edges (natural or anthropogenic) do not differ markedly considering the studied parameters. Other factors, such as the age from the edge, type of matrix and proximity of gaps, may play a more important role in plant community structure than the proximity from edges.

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Species richness of anthophilous butterflies of an Atlantic Forest fragment in Southeastern Brazil

Revista CERES ◽

10.1590/s0034-737x2012000500001 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 59 (5) ◽

pp. 571-579 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kelen Coelho Cruz ◽

Sileimar Maria Lelis ◽

Mariana Aparecida Silva Godinho ◽

Rúbia Santos Fonseca ◽

Paulo Sérgio Fiúza Ferreira ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Species Richness ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Forest Fragment ◽

Semideciduous Forest ◽

Minas Gerais State ◽

First Time

The objectives of this study were to identify anthophilous butterflies on psychophilous flowers of four Asteraceae species in an Atlantic Forest fragment in Viçosa, Minas Gerais State, Southeastern Brazil, and to determine whether there are species in common with other lepidopteran inventories of the Southeastern and Midwestern regions of Brazil. It is the first inventory of anthophilous butterflies of a semideciduous forest fragment in Zona da Mata, State of Minas Gerais. A total of 108 species were recorded, representing the fourth largest lepidopteran survey in this State. The results demonstrated that Asteraceae species may be important tools for monitoring anthophilous butterflies. The similarity with other inventories ranged from 1 to 92.55%. Fifteen species were reported for the first time in the State of Minas Gerais, and among them, Melanis alena and Thisbe irenea were observed in this study only.

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Feeding habits of Enyalius perditus (Squamata: Leiosauridae) in an Atlantic Forest remnant in southeastern Brazil

Phyllomedusa Journal of Herpetology ◽

10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v15i1p21-27 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 15 (1) ◽

pp. 21 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Thiago Maia-Carneiro ◽

Tatiana Motta-Tavares ◽

Davor Vrcibradic ◽

Mara C. Kiefer ◽

Thiago A. Dorigo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Leaf Litter ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Local Food ◽

Feeding Habits ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Ecological Aspects ◽

Forest Remnant

Feeding habits of Enyalius perditus (Squamata: Leiosauridae) in an Atlantic Forest remnant in southeastern Brazil. In the present study, we aimed to provide information regarding feeding habits and other ecological aspects of Enyalius perditus in an Atlantic Forest remnant in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Enyalius perditus individuals in Rio de Janeiro fed predominantly upon arthropods such as caterpillars, isopods, and spiders, as is typical of lizards in the genus. There were no pronounced variations in the main types of prey consumed between this and other populations of E. perditus studied in spite of potential differences in local food supplies between environments. The individuals consumed fragments of dead leaves, ingested prey commonly found in leaf litter (e.g., Isopoda and Coleoptera larvae), and were sometimes

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Feeding habits of the leaf litter frog Haddadus binotatus (Anura, Craugastoridae) from two Atlantic Forest areas in southeastern Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências ◽

10.1590/0001-37652014113012 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 86 (1) ◽

pp. 239-249 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

LÍVIA COCO ◽

VITOR N.T. BORGES JÚNIOR ◽

LUCIANA A. FUSINATTO ◽

MARA C. KIEFER ◽

JANE C.F. OLIVEIRA ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Diet Composition ◽

Prey Availability ◽

Feeding Habits ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

Espirito Santo ◽

Two Populations

Haddadus binotatus is an endemic anuran of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and currently, there is no information about the diet of this species. We analyzed the diet of two populations of this anuran in two states in southeast Brazil. Samplings were carried out in 2004 in the state of Rio de Janeiro and in 2009 and 2010 in the state of Espírito Santo. Haddadus binotatus presented a rich diet composition, preying 19 prey types. Orthoptera, Coleoptera, and Blattodea were the most important preys in the Rio de Janeiro population, and Orthoptera, Araneae and Hemiptera were the most important in the Espírito Santo population. The diet composition differed numerically between the two localities, but not in terms of volume, which can reflect local differences in the prey availability in the two habitats. The jaw width limited the size of prey, which is expected for predators who swallow the preys without chewing. The proportion of individuals with empty stomachs was higher in the Rio de Janeiro population (39.2%) than in the Espírito Santo population (17.9%), suggesting that the former could be in a lower energy balance. The females of the species were larger than the males, which may result from the production of larger eggs.

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Frogs of Marambaia: a naturally isolated Restinga and Atlantic Forest remnant of southeastern Brazil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/s1676-06032008000400017 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 167-174 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Hélio Ricardo da Silva ◽

André Luiz Gomes de Carvalho ◽

Gabriela Bueno Bittencourt-Silva

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Forest Remnant ◽

Habitat Usage

We report the results of a seven-year survey of the anurans of Marambaia, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil, where 24 species were recorded. The species represented nine families: Hylidae (10 species), Bufonidae (3), Leptodactylidae (3), Hylodidae (2), Microhylidae (2), Craugastoridae (1), Centrolenidae (1), Cycloramphidae (1), and Leiuperidae (1). We also present notes on the natural history and habitat usage by the anurans.

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Dinidor mactabilis (Perty, 1833): first record of Dinidoridae (Hemiptera: Pentatomoidea) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil

Check List ◽

10.15560/12.3.1900 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 1900 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bruno Celso Genevcius ◽

Renan Carrenho ◽

Cristiano F. Schwertner

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

First Record ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

São Paulo ◽

The Family

Species of Dinidoridae in Brazil are currently known only from five localities, which has been attributed in the literature to the lack of field collections. We report the first record of Dinidor mactabilis (Perty, 1833) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, also representing the first record of the family Dinidoridae in São Paulo. A female of Dinidor mactabilis was collected in a fragment of the Atlantic Forest close to the Billings Reservoir, in the municipality of São Bernardo do Campo, extending its known distribution in southeastern Brazil by at least 200 km.

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Diversity, community structure and conservation status of an Atlantic Forest fragment in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/1676-060320150132 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Vinicius Costa Cysneiros ◽

Joaquim de Oliveira Mendonça-Junior ◽

Tatiana Dias Gaui ◽

Denise Monte Braz

Keyword(s):

Community Structure ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

Diversity Index ◽

Conservation Status ◽

The State ◽

Forest Fragments ◽

Forest Fragment ◽

Importance Value ◽

Forest Remnant

The State of Rio de Janeiro still holds unknown portions of the Atlantic Forest, which represent gaps in the knowledge of this ecosystem. Paracambi and neighbor municipal districts comprise a vast stretch of virtually unknown forest that makes up part of the Serra do Mar biodiversity corridor. The following study describes the tree community structure in a stretch of the ombrophilous Atlantic Forest, in the Parque Natural Municipal do Curió (Curio MNP), Paracambi, Rio de Janeiro, which serves as the basis to evaluate species diversity and conservation status. The altitudes in the area ranges from 100 to 690 m and the climate varies from mild subtropical to tropical hot and humid. Forty plots (10x10m) were randomly placed along the area, where all the stems equal to or greater than five centimeters (5 cm) diameter at breast high from ground level were measured. A total of 749 individuals, pertaining to 128 genera and 210 species were recorded, eight of which are listed as threatened of extinction in the Brazilian flora. The Shannon-Weaver diversity index (H′) was 4.7 nat.ind.-1 and the species with greater importance value was Pseudopiptadenia contorta (1.6460 m2; 18 individuals) while the most common species wereSenefeldera vertcilata (48) and Actinostemon verticilatus (47 individuals). Despite the sample area being a little smaller than that commonly adopted in tropical studies, data pointed to a richness hitherto not registered in any other study for the State of Rio de Janeiro, no matter the inclusion criteria used, and also confirmed by the two estimator indices used, which have revealed very similar results. The vertical forest structure, the values associated to the successional stage of the species and other aspects of community structure indicate that the Curio MNP encompasses forest stretches in advanced stages of ecological succession. Besides its key location for the connectivity of forest fragments in the region, the results emphasize the ecological importance of this forest remnant and the need for its conservation.

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Ectoparasitic flies (Diptera: Streblidae) on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from a Private Natural Heritage Reserve in southeastern Brazil

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia ◽

10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.02 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 61 ◽

pp. e20216102

Author(s):

Luis Fernando Menezes Júnior ◽

Daniel Medina Corrêa Santos ◽

Ana Carolina Duarte Pinto Menezes ◽

Adriano Lúcio Peracchi

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Rio De Janeiro ◽

First Record ◽

Extensive Study ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Carollia Perspicillata ◽

Natural Heritage ◽

Bat Flies ◽

Janeiro State

Due to the small number of records of Streblidae on bats, despite extensive study on these mammals in the state of Rio de Janeiro, a survey was carried out in an area of the Atlantic Forest. The present study was carried out at Bom Retiro Farm Natural Heritage Private Reserve. We captured 401 bats of 17 species, 13 genera, and four families; bat flies infested 221 bats of only four species. Carollia perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758) has the highest fly diversity, with seven fly species: Trichobius joblingi (Wenzel, 1966) (n = 23), Megistopoda proxima (Séguy, 1926) (n = 15), Strebla guajiro (García & Casal, 1965) (n = 15), Aspidoptera falcata (Wenzel, 1976) (n = 6) Paratrichobius longicrus (Miranda Ribeiro, 1907) (n = 8), Paraeuctenodes similis (Wenzel 1976) (n = 3), and Trichobius anducei (Guerrero, 1998) (n = 1). Two species infested Platyrrhinus lineatus (É. Geoffroy, 1810): Aspidoptera falcata (n = 1) and Anastrebla caudiferae (Wenzel, 1996) (n = 1). Paradyschiria parvula (Falcoz, 1931) (n = 11) infested Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758) and M. proxima (n = 12) and Trichobius uniformis (Curran, 1935) (n = 1) infested Sturnira lilium (É. Geoffroy, 1842). Sturnira lilium has the highest infestation rate, with ten out of 46 captured individuals parasitized, followed by Carollia perspicillata, with 33 out of 164 captured parasitized, and by P. lineatus with only two parasitized individuals out of ten. Among 97 streblid flies captured, M. proxima was the most abundant (27.83%), followed by T. joblingi (23.71%), and S. guajiro (15.46%). All remaining bat fly species represented 33%. Paradichyria parvula has the first record for Rio de Janeiro State.

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Checklist of the Bromeliaceae from Pedra dos Pontões, Mimoso do Sul, Espírito Santo, Brazil, with four first records for the state

Biota Neotropica ◽

10.1590/s1676-06032013000400012 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 113-120 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dayvid Rodrigues Couto ◽

Vitor da Cunha Manhães ◽

Fernanda Campanharo Favoreto ◽

Ana Paula Gelli de Faria

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

Taxonomic Diversity ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Natural Ecosystems ◽

Espírito Santo ◽

The Family ◽

First Occurrence ◽

Taxonomic Groups ◽

Espirito Santo

Bromeliaceae is one of the most relevant taxonomic groups of the Atlantic Forest, where the Brazilian southeastern region stands out as a center of diversity and endemism for many taxa of the family. We present a checklist of the 12 genera and 44 species of Bromeliaceae from the Pedra dos Pontões, in Mimoso do Sul municipality, Espírito Santo state, southeastern Brazil. The Bromelioideae (22 species) was the subfamily with most taxonomic diversity, followed by Tillandsioideae (18 species) and Pitcairnioideae (four species). We also report the first occurrence of four species (A. squarrosa, N. antoineanum, V. pseudoatra and V. pardalina) for the Espírito Santo state. Almost half of the taxa surveyed inhabit exclusively the vegetation associated to the rocky outcrops, what points out the importance of this kind of environment in the maintenance of the diversity for many species of bromeliads. We also highlight that the documentation and study of the flora of Espírito Santo, which is considered a gap in the knowledge of the plant diversity along the entire Brazilian Atlantic Forest, assumes a relevant aspect in view of the high levels of degradation of the natural ecosystems observed in the state.

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Hippeastrum angustifolium Pax (Amaryllidaceae): first record for a biodiversity hotspot in the Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Check List ◽

10.15560/14.2.335 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 335-339

Author(s):

Berinaldo Bueno ◽

Suzana Neves Moreira ◽

Vali Joana Pott

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

First Record ◽

Biodiversity Hotspot ◽

The State ◽

Southeastern Brazil ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

The Family ◽

Mato Grosso Do Sul

Hippeastrum angustifolium Pax a bulbous perennial in the family Amaryllidaceae, occurs in Argentina, Paraguay, and south-southeastern Brazil in the Pampa and Atlantic Forest domains. In this work, we present the first record of this species for the Cerrado domain in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. We also comment on its biology and ecology.

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